In Ethiopia, they found hominid skull, jaw, and arm bones plus a few teeth that dated back to 4.4 million years ago. That would make these the oldest hominid ancestors yet identified, and the most ...

Chinese researchers unveiled the first-ever scientific facial reconstructions of two million-year-old hominid skulls, shedding new light on a pivotal moment in human evolution. A research team ...

They suggested that it lived 1.75 million years agoÑmaking it by far the oldest hominid yet found. The Leakey's finds were spectacular and brought popular attention to the field of paleoanthropology.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History has been presented with casts of the skull and hand of Australopithecus sediba, a 1.9 million year old hominid species. Professor Ian Walmsley, ...